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<p class="MsoNormal">A one day symposium sponsored by the National Eye Institute, honoring the achievements of Lance Optican, will be held in Sand Diego on Nov 2 (the day before the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neuroscience meeting). The meeting will focus on vision and visually-guided action. We will hear from Farran Briggs, Bevil Conway, Doug Crawford,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kathy Cullen, Joe Demer, Rich Krauzlis, Philippe Lefevre, Doug Munoz, Leslie Osborne, Jenny Read,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michele Rucci, and Janet Rucker. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The talks will cover a wide swath of systems neuroscience and will be aimed at a broad audience,
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<p class="MsoNormal">providing a great overview of the latest research in the field. A detailed program is below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to seeing you in San Diego.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Vision / Action: </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A symposium in celebration of Lance Optican</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Nov 2nd, 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9:00 – 9:15 Robert Wurtz: Introduction<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><i>Sight/Insight: What visual inputs tell us about the world
</i>(Chair: Bruce Cumming)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">9:20 – 9:50 Farran Briggs: The role of corticogeniculate feedback in visual perception<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">9:50 – 10:20 Jenny Read : Stereoscopic depth perception in the praying mantis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">10:20 – 10:50 Bevil Conway: Neural mechanisms of color<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">10:50 – 11:10 Break<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><i>Superior Colliculus & friends: From vision to action</i> (Chair: Jeffrey Schall)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">11:15 – 11:45 Kathleen Cullen: Neural representations of natural self-motion<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">11:45 – 12:15 Michele Rucci: Function and control of fixational eye movements<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">12:15 – 12:45 Richard Krauzlis: Event detection meets object recognition<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">12:45 – 14:45 Lunch Break<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><i>How did you do that? Neural computations for action
</i>(Chair: Barry Richmond)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">14:50 – 15:20 Douglas Crawford: Spatial updating during smooth pursuit: from models to neurons<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">15:20 – 15:50 Philippe Lefevre: Do saccades obey pursuit's law?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">15:50 – 16:20 Leslie Osborne: From motion to movement<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">16:20 – 16:40 Break<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><i>Gained in translation: Theoretical insights with clinical impact
</i>(Chair: David Zee)<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">16:45 – 17:15 Douglas Munoz: The oculomotor system as a probe of brain disorders<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">17:15 – 17:45 Janet Rucker: Translational neurology of saccadic oscillations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">17:45 – 18:15 Joseph Demer: Torque control twists the oculomotor plant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt">18:15 – 18:20 Lance Optican: Concluding remarks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bruce Cumming <br>
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Chief, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research<br>
National Eye Institute<br>
Bldg 49 Room 2A50<br>
NIH, Bethesda<br>
MD 20892-4435<br>
Phone </span><a href="tel:(301)%20402-8097" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">301 402 8097</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Fax </span><a href="tel:(301)%20402-0511" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">301 402 0511</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Email: <span style="color:#1F497D">bgc@mail.nih.gov</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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